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Target Targeting Home Installation Market
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2008
Just because you've bought your home theater equipment at bargain retailer Target doesn't mean you're going to be left on your own to figure out how to make it all work. Target just announced a partnership with Zip Express Installation. Zip will...
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Audio Video News
Court Upholds Network DVR
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 07, 2008
Cablevision's network DVR isn't illegal, immoral, and fattening after all, a federal appeals court has ruled.
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Audio Video News
Royale Ripoff?
SV Staff  |  Aug 07, 2008
First, the facts: Sony Pictures will release a Blu-ray two-disc "collector's edition" of Casino Royale on October 21. This date coincides with a new DVD re-issue. The technical specifications of the new set will be similar to the...
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Fred Manteghian Blog
Something Wicked Good This Way Comes
Fred Manteghian  |  Aug 06, 2008

Okay, this blog isn't <i>really</i> about audio or video. Not directly at least, but I wanted to mention that we've been in search of clean power, cheap power, non-global-warming-controversy-inducing power, for a long time. Nuclear is clean (you know, in the beginning), and so is hydroelectric power, but only a few of us live near enough a river to take advantage of that. Besides, the amount of paper needed to complete the required zoning permits and environmental impact statements to install that bright red waterwheel you've been eyeing would negatively impact your carbon footprint, so forget that.

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Ears On
Rating Is Futile
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 06, 2008
My boss Shane Buettner has been taking the heat recently for eliminating our product review rating system. In addition to the comments on his blog of last week, he's also been reading a torrent of opinion in the magazine's regular stream of reader mail. When Shane notes that he dropped the ratings with the "complete support of HT’s staff," that definitely includes me. I had been trying to persuade my editors to kill the ratings long before Shane took over.
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Audio Video News
40-in OLED in 2011?
SV Staff  |  Aug 06, 2008
Previous rumors about a 37-inch Panasonic OLED have been upgraded with more rumors describing a 40-inch Panasonic OLED. Japan's leading business newspaper, The Nikkei, reports that the 40-incher will be ready to roll by 2011. Matsushita (Panasonic)...
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New Products
New Products: November '08
 |  Aug 05, 2008

Samsung 55-inch Series 9 LCD HDTV One of this months' new products. - Click here for pictures and details.

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Audio Video News
Sony's Stringer
SV Staff  |  Aug 05, 2008
Sony is one of the most recognized, and respected, corporate names in the world. How many Sony products do you have at home? But when's the last time you bought a Sony product? The electronics juggernaut struggled to cope with monumental...
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The Big Picture
Investing in Yourself
Scott Wilkinson  |  Aug 05, 2008

I got home from my THX adventure on Saturday, after three <I>long</I> days of hard-core tech training in a darkened room while the most perfect weather I can imagine beckoned just beyond the walls. But it was worth it&#151;although I already knew most of the material, I did learn a number of useful things, and I got to observe the course itself to see what aspiring calibrators can expect if they take it.

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Audio Video News
Satellite Providers Step Up HD Offerings
Mark Fleischmann  |  Aug 05, 2008
Both DirecTV and the Dish Network announced last week that they would offer viewers more HD channels. Dish also announced it would do video on demand in 1080p.
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